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Who feeling it? Other then a couple gems im not feeling it. A lil too eccentric.

There's a big topic for it either on the first or second page.

Tldr version;

The people who you'd think would like it, do. And vice versa. Big with with white intelligentsia sect.

O lol my fault I dont look at past threads.

Compared to good kid its barely mediocre. No jams man.

I wasn5 gonna do this, since im just leRning the art of upping old topics instead of duplicating.. Bu5 since its here and ive recently skimmed the album..

Tbh.. During the skim i found myself not liking it. This album may be an aquired taste. Ill have to throughly listen to really give valid feedback. But as of now from what ive skimmed... Im not in a hurry to listen t
O it. If that helps

lol "no jams"...

sigh

9/10 album

srs

J coles album ia better

Nah this was better

I know Kendrick is weird but I always found his music still, what's the word, good. This was not my style tho. Actually it was just weird and nothing else. I love myself is probably the best song on the album tbh. When I say jams I dont mean radio jams but at least something I can bob my head to. It felt so offbeat. I dont care what u say if I can't feel the beats and chorus then what u say on your verses gets over powered by pure wackness.

It's not a "jam" album, though. Kendrick definitely goes for the whole album aesthetic. It's a big departure, sonically, from gkMC but it's dope in a different way. I don't think it's a masterpiece like some people do but it's clearly a very high quality album. Lots of thought put into it.

afrocentrism

Still say he tryna be Nas/Andre 3000 and claiming the flow is 'his'
nah bruh..you trying to hard to set the bar high...you can't follow GKMC with this
shoulda made a double disc if he was gonna pull a rabbit out his ass with this one

I can agree alot of thought went into this. Too much. I love Kendrick Lamar music before this album. I'ma listen to it again. Feel like I might have to be on mushrooms or something to like tho.

i didnt like this. i dont like kendrick tho so i don't know why i thought i should give it a shot lol

If you're looking for "Backseat Freestyle"-type songs, no, it has none. It doesn't even have anything on the "jam" level of "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" or "Compton" or "Poetic Justice," nothing that you would want to bump in the background necessarily. But I think "Alright," "u" and "i" qualify as radio-friendly, very good songs, more in the vein of "Swimming Pools (Drank)" as far as "jam" status. They make you think but still function as playlist-able tracks.

It's clearly an attempt at a classic album, whether or not you think it succeeds. It reminds me a lot of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The album consumed the songs. But I will take that ambition from time to time as a replacement for the higher-end-production mixtapes that qualify as albums from so many other rappers these days.

I haven't come to a conclusion on it yet, but I get the mixed reaction.

I do disagree with the depiction of its supporters being white. Most of the reviews I've read of it have come from black people. The album is steeped in blackness, in black history, in being black now. It's a very black album, to the point of alienation. White intellectuals might be reluctant to call it on its flaws for that reason, sure, but I definitely have seen and heard plenty of praise from black people (often black intellectuals) for the album.

Yes. It's a great album.

I was referring to the reaction on this site, not in the general media.

niggaz always wnt some credit 4 shit u supposed 2 do